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In order to complete this course you will need:
- Existing knowledge of housing or energy assessment is beneficial
- No prior Whole Life Carbon experience required
- check_circleIntroduction to the Future Homes Hub WLCA tool
- check_circleHow WLC fits alongside operational assessment
- check_circleWhy embodied carbon matters
- check_circle1 Hour Certified CPD
- check_circleDelivered remotely so you can access from anywhere
Please note: This webinar will take place between 9:30am and 10:30am on Monday 15th June
This webinar provides On Construction Domestic Energy Assessors with a practical introduction to Whole Life Carbon (WLC), helping them understand why it matters, how it fits alongside operational assessment, and how consistent assessment methods support confident decision-making in practice. It also introduces the Future Homes Hub WLCA tool and the route into applying whole life carbon assessment more confidently within housing projects.
Elmhurst’s getting started with Whole Life Carbon Assessment Practice webinar is designed to help OCDEAs and other housing professionals build a clear, practical understanding of Whole Life Carbon in the context of housing assessment. As new homes become more energy efficient and operational carbon reduces, embodied carbon is becoming an increasingly important part of the conversation. This webinar explains why whole life thinking matters now, what the evidence is starting to show, and why consistency in method, assumptions and data is essential for producing meaningful results.
- What Whole Life Carbon is and how it combines embodied and operational carbon.
- Why WLC is becoming more important as homes become more energy efficient and the grid continues to decarbonise.
- Why WLC should be seen as a natural extension of structured assessment thinking rather than a separate discipline.
- Why this matters now for the housing sector and for OCDEAs.
- How client expectations are beginning to move from energy conversations to broader carbon conversations.
- Why assessors who understand WLC early will be better placed as industry expectations develop.
- Why consistency of method, assumptions and defaults matters in WLCA.
- The role of conventions in improving comparability and confidence in results.
- What Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are and how better data improves assessment quality.
- How benchmarking supports better decision-making when assessments are carried out consistently.
- What current benchmark evidence suggests about upfront carbon, building elements, structural choices and heating systems.
- Why benchmark data should guide decisions rather than be treated as an absolute answer.
- The direction of travel for whole life carbon assessment in housing.
- How to begin using WLCA more practically through consistent methods, simple baselines and repeatable workflows.
- How the Future Homes Hub WLCA tool supports more consistent and comparable assessments.
- How the WLCA tool fits into an assessor’s workflow.
- Why training is the next step for building confidence with method, inputs and outputs.
- What assessors should focus on now to become more comfortable discussing and applying WLC in practice.